What is Barometer?

The process by which a solid changes directly into a gas without first becoming a liquid, such as ice turning into water...

Ball lightning appears during thunderstorms, taking the shape of glowing, electric orbs in the sky. It can appear in a variety...

A sudden and rapid flow of snow masses accumulated on the slopes of mountainous areas under the influence of gravity or a...

A strong, downward wind caused by a localized column of air sinking rapidly, often resulting in damage similar to that caused...

The percentage of water vapor in the air relative to the maximum amount of water vapor the air can hold at a given temperature.

A large body of air having similar horizontal temperature and moisture characteristics.

Although it is also used for light winds, it is the general name given to the daily cyclical winds that occur mostly between...

Weather conditions are the components that comprise the state of the atmosphere. The six main weather conditions are temperature,...

A prefix used in cloud nomenclature to describe middle-altitude clouds that form between 6,500 and 20,000 feet, such as altostratus...

A term used to identify clouds with a base height below 6,000 feet in the observer's direction. Stratiform clouds consist...